Once you have imported your audio and photos into Soundslides, you can start editing your slide show.

Soundslides gives you the ability to:

• Stretch the length of time an image shows on the screen
• Reorder your images
• Add or remove images from your slide show
• Customizing the interface of Soundslides
• Re-import your audio track
• Some advanced settings, including working with templates

(The links above take you to the corresponding sections below on this page)

Adjusting the timing of images

To change the length of time an image appears, simply drag the ends in the timeline at the bottom. You can click the play button at the bottom of the screen to preview the slide show's audio track and adjust the timing.

Remember: Soundslides is built so that the length of your slide show is determined by the length of your audio track. You cannot readjust the length of your audio track in Soundslides. If you want to make changes to your audio track, you will have to make these changes in an external audio editing program and then re-import the audio back into Soundslides.

Reordering Images

Reordering images in Soundslides can be a little bit tricky to figure out on first glance. That's because you cannot reorder the images in the timeline itself, rather you must reorder them in the slide viewing space.

Simply drag a thumbnail with your mouse arrow to a new location. The images will automatically reorder in the timeline at the bottom of the program.

Adding/Removing images: This window also has options for adding additional images or removing images from your slide show. (Note: The "Add Image" option allows you to add single images, and you don't have to add an entire folder. Also, throwing images away doesn't delete the original image, only the copy Soundslides had made for the slide show)

Customizing the Interface

You can click the "Test" button at the bottom of the program window to see how your slide show will appear as a published product at any time. You may notice that there is a title at the top of your project that is customizable. There are also various color and other options that can be customized. Click the "Project Info" tab near the top right to see some of the option you can fill in:

You can also change the colors and look of your slide show:

Some of the key features to note:

• If you don't have captions or credits, you might want to un-check those boxes.
• You should consider whether you want your slide show to play automatically, or have the view click play.
• Decide if you want the "Headline" title bar at the top to appear.
• Scrubber preview toggles a feature that allows the viewer to see preview images throughout the slide show as they drag their mouse over the playhead (aka scrubber).

Re-import Audio Track

If you ever want to change your audio track, simply click on the "Audio" tab at the top right and select a new audio file. If you have previous installed the LAME mp3 encoder, then this option will allow you to upload your .WAV or .AIF files which Soundslides will convert to mp3. 

IMPORTANT! If your new audio track is longer or shorter than the existing track, it will change the length of your entire slide show and throw off all of the transitions. You will have to redo the timing of your entire slide show.

Advanced Template Settings 

Soundslides has some options for advanced template settings. Those include custom templates that will change the appearance of the slide show viewer. You also have options to change the fonts and transitions of how each image fades into another.